Example sentences of "[prep] make a will " in BNC.

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1 I did not think he was capable of making a will .
2 ‘ Mr. Burgess in my judgment was clearly an experienced careful solicitor and I have no hesitation in accepting his evidence that he did form the view that on 26 March 1986 Mr. Winterbone was not capable of making a will for the reasons he stated — namely that he was incoherent and confused in the sense that he was unable to remember names and addresses and he was not at all clear in relation to the names of the people that he wished to benefit .
3 One or two points now about the practicalities of making a will .
4 So what 's the point of making a will ?
5 Under the Tudors the age-old practice of making a will spread down the social scale ; far more wills were made than in earlier times , even though the custom was still restricted to a minority of the population .
6 Advice and assistance in making a will can only be given to a client who is over 70 , or disabled or suffering from a mental disorder ( or a parent or guardian wishing to provide for such a person ) , or a single parent wishing to appoint a testamentary guardian .
7 It was plain that this could not be regarded as a trust of the estate in favour of her sister , who was coheir , since the testator wanted not to dispose of his own money but on the pretext of advice to derogate from her rights by prohibiting her from making a will .
8 The emperor pronounced that a trust was due on these words as if , by prohibiting her from making a will , he had requested that she should make her brother heir : the wording is to be treated as if he had asked her to make over his estate .
9 Many rational people , who would walk under a ladder without blenching , back superstitiously away from making a will — Joanna Slaughter .
10 This book contains sections on making a will , executors , administration of an estate , pensions , tax , house ownership , grants and intestacy , to name but a few .
11 If he makes a will , as most men do , it is almost certain that he will set apart a considerable proportion for the saying of masses ; if he should neglect to do so , and in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries it is regarded as almost a sin to die without making a will , the Church ought to make the provision which he has failed to make for his soul .
12 If you die without making a will ( sometimes called ‘ dying intestate ’ ) , strict rules govern who will inherit your property , including money and personal possessions :
13 If a person dies intestate — that 's without making a Will — then everything they 've got to leave goes to their nearest relations .
14 A man or woman who dies without making a will is intestate .
15 I have often thought about making a will , but merely thinking about it is just the same as merely thinking about contraception — good intentions are feeble .
16 Now the good reasons for making a will .
17 However , the best reason for making a will is that it takes the practical burden from the shoulders of those you leave behind .
18 My wife began , I know not whether by design or chance , to enquire what she should do , if I should by any accident die , to which I did give her some slight answer , but shall make good use of it to bring myself to some settlement for her sake , by making a will as soon as I can . ‘
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